The War Theory Of Lvshi Chunqiu And The Construction Of The Legitimacy Of The Qin Unification War

At the end of the warring states period,the equilibrium among the seven states was broken,and the Qin was about to enter the stage of unification war.In order to make a connection between starting the unification war and organizing the new postwar regime to win the acceptance of the people of the six countries,Lu Buwei(???)compiled Lvshi Chunqiu(????)according to the shortcomings of existing Qin's war ideology,trying to Put forward a new unified theory of the war.In this theory,the existence of war has its inevitability and necessity.In order to ensure the realization of the interests of the people,the chaotic country needs to be punished in the form of Yibing(??).Meanwhile,Lvshi Chunqiu regards the monarch and the people respectively as the subject and object of the war to demonstrate the legitimacy of the unification war completed by the state of Qin.The sovereign had the responsibility to maintain social stability and protect the interests of the people.The Tianzi(??)of Zhou dynasty was eliminated by history because of his incompetence and negligence.To end the war,a new Tianzi is needed,and the Qin is more qualified and capable of producing a new Tianzi than the six states of Shandong.In order to gain the approval of the people of the six states for the rule of Qin,Lvshi Chunqiu shaped a new image of the king of Qin,transformed the governance mode for the purpose of enriching the country and strengthening the army,and conveyed the respect of Qin for the interests of the people.After the death of Lu Buwei,although the Qin referenced some of theories of war from Lvshi Chunqiu,it did not continue to use the unified line conceived in the book.Before the completion of the unification,the Qin lacked the preparation to publicize the legitimacy of the war and after the unification,the statement of the legitimacy of the Qin regime ignored that the legitimacy of Qin to eliminate the six states.In addition,in the post-war political construction,the Qin ignored the public opinion,which eventually laid a hidden danger for the rapid demise of the Qin dynasty.